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WEDNESDAY, July 30, 2025

Neighbors against apartments

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

Residents are fighting a six-story, 100-unit apartment building on El Camino Real because they say the development is oversized, lacks parking and will make traffic worse.

The proposal at 4256 El Camino Real, where the Chinese restaurant Su Hong used to be, is headed to Palo Alto City Council for initial feedback on Aug. 11. Developer Mircea Voskerician said the project will benefit the city by adding housing, including 15 units rented below the market rate.

TSUNAMI WARNINGS: Tsunami sirens were blazing in Honolulu yesterday after an 8.7-magniture earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern coast set off tsunami warnings, and in some cases, calls for evacuation, in Hawaii and Alaska. San Mateo County and Palo Alto officials yesterday sent out a tsunami advisory, but said no evacuations were in place.

EPSTEIN ‘STOLE’ WOMEN:

President Trump says Jeffrey Epstein “stole” young women who worked at Mar-a-Lago, including Virginia Giuffre, one of the disgraced financier’s most well-known accusers. Trump claims he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after the incidents. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, is willing to answer more questions from Congress if granted immunity, but the House Oversight Committee said it would reject the request. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence in a Florida federal prison.

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Opponents of the project live behind the property in the Palo Alto Redwoods condominium complex, which goes up to four stories.

“We need more housing in Palo Alto, but please, let’s consider a plan that is scaled to be harmonious with neighborhood,” resident Diane Walker said in an email to council on Sunday.

Resident Neil Murphy said the design is flawed: The ground-floor parking is dependent on mechanical lifts

that need a lot of maintenance, the only driveway is too narrow at 20 feet and some balconies look directly into his complex.

Voskerician said the design of the building is essential to make the project feasible, given rising construction costs and high interest rates.

Voskerician previously applied to build a hotel at the Su Hong site in June

Can smoke shop open here?

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

A new smoke shop in West Menlo Park has drawn mixed reactions from residents and a visit from San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller following its opening.

Mueller visited Blazin Gifts at 3536 Alameda de la Pulgas on Friday to inform its 21-year-old owner, Hussein Omar, that the store’s opening may be violating a county ordinance.

“He’s welcome to have a business, but he cannot be operating out of compliance with the county code,” Mueller told the Post on Monday.

Omar says people may be getting the wrong impression. His store only sells smoking accessories such as pipes, lighters, rolling papers for to-

Inventor has been selling off properties

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

A Los Altos inventor who allegedly killed his wife on a trip to Taiwan has been offloading his properties to get out of paying $23.6 million to her family, according to a new lawsuit filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Harald Herchen, 66, allegedly sold one house in Palo Alto and two houses in Texas as he was headed for a trial in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Mountain View tutor Alice Ku, who disappeared overseas on Nov. 29, 2019.

Herchen also took out a $400,000

loan on his Los Altos home at 927 Lundy Lane and transferred the property to a survivor’s trust, the suit said.

Herchen made these transactions despite Ku’s family sending him a letter in September 2023 saying that disposing of his assets would be considered

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Landscaper arrested in sexual assault incident

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT

Daily Post Staff Writer

A landscaper has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman inside her Palo Alto home, police said yesterday.

Jose Melchor Santacruz, 48, of San Mateo, was working at the corner of Everett Avenue and Webster Street on July 23 around 7 p.m. when the resident asked him

to kill a spider inside her house, police said.

After completing that task, Santacruz returned a short time later and asked to use her bathroom, police said.

After using the bathroom, Santacruz allegedly hugged the woman, slapped her buttocks and touched her private areas, police said.

The victim did not consent, and Santacruz fled the house, police said.

Santacruz confessed to the sexual assault and was arrested, Lt. Craig Lee said.

Santacruz is no longer in custody and hasn’t been charged by Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, court records show.

UCLA to pay $6M over protests

The University of California, Los Angeles, reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor whose suit against the university argued it violated their civil rights by allowing pro-Palestinian protesters in 2024 to block their access to classes and other areas on campus.

The settlement comes nearly a year after a preliminary injunction was issued, marking the first time a U.S. judge had ruled against a university over their handling of on-campus demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza.

UCLA had argued that it had no legal responsibility over the issue

because protesters, not the university, blocked Jewish students’ access to areas.

But U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi disagreed and ordered UCLA to create a plan to protect Jewish students on campus. The University of California, one of the nation’s largest public university systems, has since created system-wide campus guidelines on protests.

Protests response

How the university handled dispersing the encampment in the spring drew widespread criticism. One night, counterprotesters attacked the pro-Palestinian en-

campment, throwing traffic cones and firing pepper spray, with fighting that continued for hours, injuring more than a dozen people, before police stepped in. The next day, after hundreds defied orders to leave, more than 200 people were arrested.

Settlement details

As part of the settlement agreement, UCLA must ensure Jewish students, faculty and staff are not excluded from anything on-campus.

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Simply slathered on a crust of bread or spooned over a slice of fresh tomato, it can make you swoon with delight. Tossed with pasta or into a risotto, it is perfect. Forked into a hot baked potato or folded into a cheese omelet, pesto works wonders. I could go on.

The $6.13 million settlement will pay the plaintiffs’ damages and legal fees and go toward eight Jewish organizations.

The name Pesto is derived from the Italian verb ‘pestare’ meaning ‘to pound’ or ‘to crush’ and refers to anything that is pounded, typically in a mortar and pestle, to a puree. In a modern Italian household, it would not be unheard of to make pesto with a mortar and pestle, but it would not be the norm. If you’ve ever used a mortar and pestle, you’d know why. At Howie’s we use a bar blender to make pesto, making preparation quick and so easy.

We blanch our basil (and parsley). Blanching breaks down the enzymes in the basil leaves that promote oxidation and cause discoloration. All restaurants do this. Our recipe calls for pine nuts, a traditional ingredient in pesto. Pine nuts are oddly expensive these days and are often hard to find in retail shops. It’s okay to substitute raw, unsalted cashews. The pine nuts don’t contribute any flavor to the pesto, but rather they aid in emulsifying the sauce. Lastly, we freeze our pesto immediately after preparation in portion size containers and you should too. Pesto loses its vibrancy in only a matter of hours.

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MASKS OFF: Los Angeles County leaders want to prohibit law enforcement officers from concealing their identities while on duty, a response to recent immigration raids during which some federal agents refused to identify themselves or covered their faces. The Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 yesterday to direct county counsel to draft an ordinance that bars officers, including federal agents, from wearing masks, with limited exceptions such as for medical protection or during undercover operations. Officers would also be required to visibly display identification and agency affiliation while out in public.

DIDDY WANTS OUT: Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to release him on a $50 million bond while he awaits sentencing in October. Combs was acquitted of the most serious federal charges he faced, but convicted of lesser prostitutionrelated offenses. His lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, argued yesterday that conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn are dangerous.

RR MERGER: Union Pacific is seeking to buy Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal that would create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S, and potentially trigger a final wave of rail mergers across the country. The proposed merger, announced yesterday, would marry Union Pacific’s rail network in the West with Norfolk’s rails that snake across Eastern states.

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Deaths

San Mateo County Coroner’s Office:

June 28

Jeffrey Mountain, 79, of Foster City

Redouane Damir, 59, of Redwood City

Harriett Enrique Noguera, 66, of Daly City

Jose Solari, 95, no hometown listed

Katherine Burke, 85, of San Mateo

Sui Yuan Lawn Lee, 75, of South San Francisco

July 27

Marilyn Adele Houle-Borg, 85, of San Carlos

Gwendoline Celia Hobbs, 93, of Belmont

Youyuan Zhen, 82, of South City

July 25

Chuanying Liu, 84, of Burlingame

Willa Bower, 76, of Belmont

Births

El Camino Hospital in Mountain View:

Jan. 9

Vedav Avinash, a boy

Angad Rajat Burmi, a boy

Shaiv Coppa, a boy

Lyla Paige Rono De Castro, a girl

Warner Grant Florantenriquez, a boy

Theran Emmett Foshay, a boy

Melanie Loo, a girl

Birdie Bang Serrano, a girl

Ishaan Venkat, a boy

Jan. 8

Caleb Kaneiholani Choyarioli, a boy

Maxim Vincent Hinh, a boy

Nitara Lahoti, a girl

Agustya Naren Rana, a boy

Liam August Schnorr, a boy

Yvonne Pan Shi, a girl

Anvay Upadhyay, a boy

Jan. 7

Ayra Mahadev Bekkeri, a girl

Mark Angel Eslabon, a boy

Aland Yael Fructuoso Serrano, a boy

Mckenna Margaret Gallo, a girl

Elly Gao, a girl

Rhea Goel, a girl

Agastya Kanungo, a boy

Iris Grace Lantin, a girl

Sylvie Aimy Tai, a girl

Samantha Pham Wong, a girl

Jan. 6

Avery Clemente Velasquez, a girl

Maya Lee Diaz, a girl

Kaavya Rai Gupta, a girl

Gianna Anh Gutierrez, a girl

Timoteo Robert Loftus, a boy

Bhavin Peta, a boy

Olivia Sophia Vargas, a girl

Rosy Paola Vera Crisanto, a girl

Tenant to get

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT

Post Staff Writer

The city of Mountain View has ordered a landlord to pay $4,531 to a disabled tenant who said she had to unclog her toilet every day for more than three years.

A mediator awarded tenant Mary Ann Washington a 4% rent reduction, or $118 per month, going back to when she made her first maintenance request in September 2021.

Washington will continue getting the rent reduction until the landlord Greystar fixes the toilet at 100 Whisman Road, where Washington has lived since 1979.

Attempted fixes

The city’s Rental Housing Committee upheld the mediator’s order on Thursday, despite attorney Andrew Van Slyke arguing that Greystar made efforts to fix the toilet.

Maintenance crews went to the apartment several times to replace a valve, increase the water pressure, snake the sewer line and fix a pump — but the clogging persisted, Washington said.

Committee member Alex Brown said the landlord has an issue with object permanence.

“At some point you do need to recognize when there’s an underlying issue that needs to be fixed. Just saying it’s good because I turned around and don’t see a problem anymore — the seventh time is bad faith,” Brown said.

Leaky window

The mediator also gave Washington a 2% rent reduction, or $63 per month, for a dining room window that leaked since 2006 and kept leaking even after it was replaced.

The order totaled $5,361, retroactive to when the city’s rent control ordinance took effect in January 2017.

But the Rental Housing Committee sent back the window decision so the mediator can explain why she reduced rent during the summer, when Washington said the window only leaked in the winter.

“The award is not supported by what the evidence establishes,” said Nazanin Saleh, an attorney for the Rental Housing Committee.

Washington lives in the apartment with her sister, who is also her caretaker.

Greystar is the largest landlord in the United States with 798,272 units managed last year, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council.

Other issues

The mediator, who had a hearing with both sides on Jan. 14 and made her decision on May 2, sided with Greystar on other issues that Washington raised.

Washington said the water bounced off her shower chair onto the floor, but a maintenance worker’s video showed no leak even when the nozzle was aimed directly at the shower door.

Washington also complained about roaches but wouldn’t allow pest control workers to use pesticides in her apartment, the mediator said.

Her kitchen cabinet doors were loose, but she hadn’t submitted a maintenance request for them in at least five years, the mediator E. Alexandra DeLateur said.

Washington’s attorney Allysyn Martinez told the Rental Housing Committee that Washington is still unclogging her toilet daily.

“There’s a real problem in the landlord’s process,” committee member Robert Cox said.

Greystar can schedule a compliance hearing when the toilet is fixed to get back to the typical rent of $2,950.

Gold: Your Best Insurance

Trade Wars and Currency Wars are accelerating worldwide.

The old monetar y system is failing. Indebted national currencies are depreciating in a see-saw race to the bottom. So much worldwide debt is in default or is being masked with more debt. Politicians posture at each other, but they all created the situation by buying power and favors while mor tgaging your children’s future.

Stocks and bond markets, long suppor ted by Central Banks, may be challenged going for ward as governments have exhausted their debt expansion tools. Recent new highs in equities, due to some promising companies, may be more post-election hope than substance. Cr yptocurrencies had their run, but the hope for a sounder and more private fiat system remains challenged while a past price bubble for the majority has been costly. Bitcoin is an example of those still per forming among the thousands of currencies & tokens in this young experiment.

Wise and calm obser vers know that longterm, gold is money, not debt, not paper promises. For thousands of years it has protected families from currency depreciation, paper defaults, and cer tain political abuses.

If you have been waiting to buy gold, or buy it “cheaper,” reconsider. Gold bottomed near $1040 at the end of 2015. We are in a new multi-year uptrend reconfirmed by the current strength just below all time highs. Monetar y scientists understand that the repricing of gold is just getting star ted. Each crisis seems to become more pronounced as the debt monetar y system disintegrates towards failure. Gold is best accumulated, not speculated. Star t saving in gold, and make it a habit.

Prosecutor sues

DA for third time

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

District Attorney Jeff Rosen has been sued for a third time by a prosecutor who is collecting a paycheck from Santa Clara County but not getting a job assignment from Rosen.

Rosen has fired Deputy District Attorney Daniel Chung twice, and both times was ordered to reinstate Chung — first by an arbitrator, and then by the Santa Clara County Personnel Board.

Still, Rosen hasn’t given Chung access to the office, his email account, any trainings or the courthouses.

“Consistent with the District Attorney’s constitutional and statutory authority to assign prosecutorial and investigative work, you are not to perform prosecutorial or investigative assignments,” Assistant District Attorney David Angel said in an email to Chung on June 11.

Chung and his union filed a lawsuit on Friday asking a judge to order Rosen to give him an assignment.

Fued timeline

The feud between Rosen and Chung goes back to February 2021, when Chung published an opinion piece that criticized “progressive prosecutors” in the wake of several hate crimes against Asians.

Rosen, 57, of Los Altos, suspended Chung for two weeks, and an arbitrator later reduced the suspension to one week.

Chung in May 2021 went to a Red Cross center where the families of mass shooting victims were gathered, but he didn’t get Rosen’s permission first.

So Rosen fired Chung. Arbitrator

Paul Roose later reduced the punishment to a 30-day suspension.

Rosen gave Chung his $7,000 paycheck every two weeks but banned Chung from coming to work.

Chung then went to a training seminar in San Diego in April 2023, despite instructions not to do so, and Rosen fired him again.

The Personnel Board reversed the firing and reinstated Chung on June 23, putting him back on payroll.

Chung has three active lawsuits against Rosen — the first for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights related to the opinion piece, and the second for allegedly going against the arbitrator’s decision the first time that he was fired.

The third lawsuit filed Friday alleges that Rosen is going against the Personnel Board’s decision.

Rosen’s spokesman Sean Webby has declined to comment on Chung, citing the ongoing lawsuits.

Election challenge

Meanwhile, Chung has filed papers to run against Rosen next year on a platform of being tougher on crime.

Rosen has raised nearly $300,000 for his reelection campaign, his campaign spokesman Leo Briones said in an email.

Rosen has secured endorsements from Sen. Adam Schiff and local congressional members Sam Liccardo, Jimmy Panetta, Zoe Lofgren, Kevin Mullin, Eric Swalwell and retired Anna Eshoo.

Rosen is also endorsed by state Sen. Josh Becker, Assemblyman Marc Berman, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, Santa Clara County Sheriff Bob Jonsen, the Santa Clara County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and police unions in San Jose and Sunnyvale.

“However, DA Rosen’s main focus is on increasing safety and justice in Santa Clara County,” Briones said.

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Murder case now in hands of jurors

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

Jurors are deciding the fate of an East Palo Alto man charged with killing his tenant.

The jurors listened to the two sides in the case of John Caisiano Thompson, 47, over the past weeks and started discussing on Friday whether he is guilty or innocent.

Thompson is accused of killing Breanna Labat, 32, on Dec. 2, 2022, after an argument broke out. Labat’s body has not been found.

Thompson appeared in court every day, hearing multiple witnesses testify on what happened that night.

Heated argument

An argument broke out between Thompson and Labat after he was questioning her about rent and why she wasn’t taking care of his child, Deputy District Attorney Vishal Jangla said during closing statements last week. Labat had been Thompson’s tenant for a short time and would babysit his 2-year-old in exchange for rent.

During the heated argument, Labat broke a stroller and Thompson went out onto the porch but turned around and shot her four times, Jangla said. In the home were Thompson’s friend

Delano Els and Edward Quinn, who would give Labat rides to and from work. Els was asking Quinn for a ride home when they heard gunshots. Both Els and Quinn testified that they saw Labat’s dead body as they ran out of Thompson’s home that night, Jangla said.

Thompson’s attorney, Geoff Carr, claims it wasn’t Thompson who shot Labat but either Els or Quinn.

A Walmart bag with a gun case was found during a police investigation, but it was unclear whose DNA was found on the bag, which proves that Thompson didn’t do it, according to Carr.

Key testimony

Thompson did not testify, but a neighbor who saw him as a brother testified, saying it was he who shot Labat.

“It was me. I think I know who snitched on me,” were the words Thompson said to his next-door neighbor, Elizabeth Axiak.

In tears, Axiak testified that Thomspon, whom she saw as a brother, had told her he was responsible for the gunshot she heard.

Thompson admitted to cleaning up the mess that was left after the shooting and told Axiak he disposed of floorboards with blood and markings throughout the area — some in a Home Depot dumpster, others in the creek. Jurors continued deliberating yesterday and will keep going today.

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Ex-councilman to run for assessor

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

Rishi Kumar, a former Saratoga councilman and three-time candidate for Congress, is running to replace Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone in a special election.

Kumar, 57, will run against Saratoga Councilwoman Yan Zhao and Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa Fligor in the first race with no incumbent in 30 years.

Kumar said he would improve transparency by introducing public-facing dashboards for assessment timelines.

“It’s time to modernize the office, reduce assessment delays, close transparency gaps and address structural or process inefficiencies that affect public confidence,” Kumar said in an email yesterday.

Kumar ran against Congresswoman Anna Eshoo in 2020 and 2022 and ran to replace her last year, finishing in sixth place. He was on Saratoga City Council for two terms from 2015 to 2022.

Business experience

Kumar is currently the CEO of a company called EthosAI, according to his social media. He said his experience as a software executive will help him be a fiscally responsible, results-driven

assessor. He said public service is his calling.

“My mission has always been clear: to stand up for the people, push back against unfair tax and utility hikes — like those from San Jose Water Company and PG&E — and make government more efficient, transparent and accountable, while never selling out to the special interest groups,” Kumar said in an email, declining a phone interview yesterday.

Stone, 84, of San Jose, has retired and endorsed Fligor in the race.

Zhao raised $186,048 in the first six months of the year, while Fligor and Kumar haven’t reported fundraising numbers yet.

About the position

The job of assessor is attractive with a salary of nearly $300,000 and no term limits, Stone said in a February interview.

The assessor is tasked with completing an assessment role each year that determines the value of properties and how much they’ll pay in taxes.

The office has 251 employees and a $55 million budget to assess $8 billion in property taxes each year.

Key dates

The deadline to enter the race is Aug. 8. Ballots go out on Oct. 6, and Election Day is Nov. 4.

The special election is to pick a candidate to finish the final year on Stone’s term. Next year the county will have a regular election for a four-year term, with a June primary and a November general election.

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FDA warns of 7-OH risks

U.S. health officials are warning Americans about the risks of an opioid-related ingredient increasingly added to energy drinks, gummies and supplements sold at gas stations and convenience stores, recommending a nationwide ban.

The chemical, known as 7-hydroxymitragynine, is a component of kratom, a plant native to Southeast Asia that has gained popularity in the U.S. as an unapproved treatment for pain, anxiety and drug dependence.

Dietary supplement companies that sell kratom have been urging the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on products containing 7-OH, portraying it as a dangerously concentrated, synthetic form of the original ingredient.

Difference from kratom

The FDA action “is not focused on natural kratom leaf products,” according to a statement yesterday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agency

said it was releasing a report to educate about the risks of “7-OH and its distinction from the kratom plant leaf.”

Regulators are also recommending that the ingredient be placed on the federal government’s most restrictive list of illegal drugs.

“7-OH is an opioid that can be more potent than morphine,” said FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. “We need regulation and public education to prevent another wave of the opioid epidemic.”

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Abortion provider cuts draw lawsuit

More than 20 mostly Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration yesterday over its efforts to cut Medicaid payments to the nation’s largest abortion provider — Planned Parenthood.

The move comes in response to the package of tax breaks and spending cuts Trump signed earlier this month. A portion of the new cuts are focused on services such as cancer screenings and tests, birth control and treatment for sexually transmitted infections — by ending Medicaid reimbursements for a year for major providers of family planning services. The cuts apply to groups that received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023.

Planned Parenthood locations in South San Francisco and San Mateo have closed as a result of the funding cuts, leaving one location in San Mateo County at 2907 El Camino Real in North Fair Oaks.

States’ complaint

California, New York, Connecticut, other states and Washington, D.C. argue in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts that the provision’s language is unclear about which groups it applies to. They also say it retaliates against Planned Parenthood for advocating for abortion access, violating the free speech clause of the First Amendment.

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They say it’s the closest thing to Maine without hopping on a plane… When you want a real lobster experience right here in the Bay Area, just go to New England Lobster Market & Eatery in Burlingame, where you can feast on fresh Maine lobster and local Dungeness crab.

If you have a hankering for lobster at its most traditionally delicious, try the classic lobster roll, the lobster corn chowder or the lobster platter with all the fixings: chips, coleslaw, bread and butter. If a one-pound lobster isn’t big enough for you, don’t worry – you can level up. And if you go on the right day, you’ll even get a deal. Thursdays are TwoPound Lobster Days, followed by Three-Pound Platter Fridays, Four-Pound Platter Saturdays and Five-Pound – that’s right, Five-Pound Sundays.

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In addition to lobster, the restaurant has a host of other seafood offerings, including crab sandwiches, crab nachos, shrimp or fish tacos, and both oysters and clams on the half shell. It’s a

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Drop by for lunch or dinner, or, better yet, during their happy hour Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. when you can enjoy $3 beers, $2 oysters and $1 off a glass of wine or any of their seafood tacos –lobster, crab or shrimp.

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WEDNESDAY

Times shown are when a report was made to police. Information is from police department logs. All of the people named here are innocent until proven guilty in court.

PALO ALTO

JULY 20

8:35 p.m. — Filippo Meo, 43, of Hermosa Beach, arrested for domestic battery and child endangerment, El Camino.

JULY 23

1:41 p.m. — Edward Everett IV, 58, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1000 block of Corporation Way.

6:49 p.m. — Wesley David Pollard, 36, of San Jose, arrested on warrants, 400 block of Olive Ave.

6:50 p.m. — Jose Melchor Santacruz, 48, of San Mateo, arrested for assault with intent to rape in commission of a burglary and false imprisonment, 500 block of Everett Ave.

9:32 p.m. — Samuel David Martinez Narvaez, 36, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Stanford Ave. and Princeton St. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

10:54 p.m. — Auto burglary, 500 block of Webster St.

THURSDAY

12:09 a.m. — Manuel Zuniga Herrera, 49, transient, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Byron St. and San Antonio Ave.

8:09 a.m. — Larry Jude Castro, 61, of Mountain View, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1000 block of E. Meadow Circle.

8:52 a.m. — Ronald Carmona Martinez, 45, of Mountain View, cited on a warrant, 1-99 block of Encina Ave.

8:57 a.m. — Vandalism, 400 block of University Ave.

9:41 a.m. — Don Reese, 59, of Palo Alto, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 400 block of Bryant St.

11:54 a.m. — Vandalism, Hamilton Ave. and Waverley St.

5:09 p.m. — Gavin Mour, 44, transient, arrested on a warrant, Civic Center.

FRIDAY

8:49 a.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, 1600 block of Sand Hill Road.

10:49 a.m. — Alex D. Bosserman, 55, of Rancho Cucamonga, arrested for trespassing, 4200 block of McKellar Lane.

11:03 a.m. — Identity theft, 1200 block of Fulton St.

1:08 p.m. — Yao Fang Zhao, 81, of Palo Alto, arrested for domestic battery and elder abuse, Lytton Ave.

EAST PALO ALTO

JULY 23

8:47 p.m. — Motekiai Taufui, 53, arrested for violation of a restraining order and on a warrant, University Ave. and Bay Road. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

MENLO PARK

SUNDAY

7:06 a.m. — Noninjury collision between police patrol vehicles, 700 block of Laurel St.

4:18 p.m. — Dwight Tucker, 34, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant, 400 block of Willow Road.

6:52 p.m. — Vehicle tampering, 400 block of Encinal Ave.

10:51 p.m. — Dejanique Dean, 33, of Lathrop, cited on a warrant, Marsh Road and Bohannon Drive. Incident handled by Atherton police.

MONDAY

8:53 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 200 block of Waverley St.

12:59 p.m. — Oscar Cespedes Patricio, 39, transient, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, University Ave. at the railroad tracks.

1:23 p.m. — Laina Atwood, 40, of Yreka, cited for possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, Ravenswood Ave. and Alma St.

5:35 p.m. — Elias G. Torres, 29, of Newark, cited on a warrant, 700 block of Laurel St.

11:09 p.m. — Deverrick Johnson, 40, of Hayward, arrested on a warrant, University Ave. and Adams Drive.

MOUNTAIN VIEW

JULY 20

12:09 a.m. — Rusty Lee Diaz, 49, of San Jose, arrested for drug possession, driving with a suspended or revoked license and on warrants, El Camino and Shoreline Blvd.

2:21 a.m. — Drewz Tee Phan, 53, of San Jose, arrested for DUI, Oak and Villa streets.

8:18 a.m. — Battery, El Camino Hospital.

12:29 p.m. — Theft at Costco, 1000 N. Rengstorff Ave.

12:49 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1600 block of Spring St.

8:02 p.m. — Home burglary, 1700 block of W. El Camino.

8:19 p.m. — Arun George

Craythorne, 26, cited for DUI, El Camino and Shoreline Blvd.

11:25 p.m. — Ondre Quest Chester, 19, of Tulare, arrested for battery, 500 block of Piazza Drive.

LOS ALTOS

SUNDAY

9:22 a.m. — Theft, 1900 block of Farndon Ave.

MONDAY

10:37 a.m. — Burglary at a business, 4500 block of El Camino.

ATHERTON

MONDAY

8:58 a.m. — Gerson Adrian Loaiza Rodriguez, 28, of Redwood City, cited for fraudulent vehicle registration, El Camino and Encinal Ave.

NORTH FAIR OAKS

JULY 22

10:53 a.m. — Romeo Esteban Castanon Deleon, 46, of San Mateo, cited on a warrant, 3100 block of El Camino.

8 p.m. — Person burglarizes a home, steals a vehicle and commits an additional robbery at knifepoint, 2300 block of Spring St.

JULY 23

9:21 p.m. — Catherine Canavan, 58, of Redwood City, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license and illegal possession of tear gas, 2600 block of El Camino.

11:57 p.m. — William Moran Moran, 21, of Redwood City, arrested for carrying a switchblade knife and theft of someone else’s lost property after he’s found to be in possession of someone else’s credit cards, 800 block of Douglas Ave.

REDWOOD CITY

MAY 6

Rigoberto Montes, 31, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic violence and child endangerment, 200 block of Harrison Ave.

Upuia Makahili, 26, of Daly City, arrested for domestic battery, 600 block of Bradford St.

Christopher Allen Jeffries, 34, of Redwood City, arrested for being under the influence of drugs and obstructing police, 1000 block of El Camino.

Carlos Velasquez Avalos, 33, of Redwood City, cited for resisting police, 1100 block of Broadway.

Amanda Salazar, 33, of Redwood City, cited for resisting police, 1100 block of Broadway.

David Alan Reynolds, 67, of

Redwood City, arrested for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, Redwood City police. Enrique Castaneda, 54, of Redwood City, arrested for robbery and possession of drug paraphernalia, Seaport Blvd.

JULY 21

8:51 a.m. — Rosalio Carlos Lozano, 52, of Redwood City, arrested for burglary, 500 block of Charter St.

3:06 p.m. — Nicholas Alexis Zarich, 44, of San Mateo, cited for trespassing and resisting police, 1-99 block of Birch St.

4:23 p.m. — Luis Hermelindo Cebrero Aispuro, 30, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, 1400 block of Oddstad Drive.

6:55 p.m. — John Felix Dhaveloose, 73, of Redwood City, cited for openly carrying an unloaded gun, C and Arguello streets.

9:39 p.m. — Nathaly Alvarez Puerta, 28, of Redwood City, cited for DUI and driving without a license, 1200 block of Jefferson Ave.

SAN CARLOS

JULY 22

2:35 p.m. — Windshield wiper of a parked vehicle vandalized, 300 block of Old County Road.

6:15 p.m. — Windshield wiper of a parked vehicle vandalized, 200 block of Old County Road.

JULY 23

12:56 a.m. — Sheriff’s deputies attempt to stop the driver of a stolen vehicle, but the occupants flee and get away, Alameda de las Pulgas and Eaton Ave. The vehicle and suspects are later found by Belmont police.

2:25 p.m. — Rudolph Oscern Ross Robinson, 25, of San Mateo, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, 500 block of Old County Road.

9:20 p.m. — Backpack stolen, 700 block of Dartmouth Ave.

CHP

From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the Mid-Peninsula. FEB. 17

Angel J. Villa, 25, arrested for DUI. FEB. 18

Brett Harwood, 55, arrested for trespassing and evading police in a vehicle.

Luisana G. Lemus Godoy, 23, arrested for trespassing and evading police in a vehicle.

Gail A. Swall, 65, arrested for DUI. FEB. 20

Pablo J. Sanchez, 45, arrested for DUI and driving without a mandated ignition interlock device.

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Mani Mortezai, a well respected professional in the senior real estate ﬁeld and the Marketing Director of Tailored Transitions will be the speaker. To reserve a spot, please call (650) 320-8626.

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FIT IS EVERYTHING. THAT’S WHY A PROPER FITTING AT LINGERIE RÉPUBLIQUE IS A TOTAL GAME CHANGER. Their fittings are personal, stress-free, and designed to help you feel confident, supported, and truly seen. Enjoy $10 off your purchase when you book a free bra fitting in August. They fit sizes 28 - 50 bands and A-M cups. Visit them at Town & Country Village, Building 1, Suite 4. They are open 7 days a week. For more information, call (650) 323-7979. Shown in the photo is Founder and CEO Natalie Torres.

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Enjoy delicious California cuisine, refreshing drinks, and open-air dining—all in support of a great cause. Bring your friends, bring your pup, and unwind at the Poolside Grill. 20% of all dinner and bar revenue from the evening will be donated directly to Project HumaneKind.

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Since 1973, The Oriental Carpet has proved as durable as the rugs they sell. The gallery has a rich history of sourcing the ﬁnest rugs in the world and bringing them back for residents of the Bay Area to enjoy. But what makes them special and keeps locals coming back is their exceptional service. Visit them or give them a call at (650) 327-6608.

SAMARA IS TRANSFORMING BACKYARDS INTO MODERN, FUNCTIONAL LIVING SPACES. On July 24, the company installed a modern onebedroom home on 8th Avenue in Redwood City for two expecting parents, marking another step

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On Saturday morning, Sister Shivani will lead “Own the Present,” followed by the evening session “Rising with Clarity.” Sunday’s program continues with

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SMOKE –––––––

bacco and ashtrays. The shop doesn’t sell tobacco,

cigarettes or cannabis, Omar said.

However, the shop has a state license to sell tobacco, according to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration website.

The shop also sells clothing, paintings, drinks, sex pills and knives, according to Omar.

Picked up where brother left off Omar opened Blazin Gifts after his brother, Ahmed Omar, ended his attempt to open a smoke shop last fall after he was met with negative reaction from neighbors and a county crackdown

Ahmed Omar’s plan was rejected due to a San Mateo County ordinance that prohibits the sale of tobacco or cannabis within 1,000 feet of schools.

Blazin Gifts is located near Phillips Brooks School and La Entrada Middle School, raising concerns among nearby residents. At the time, Mueller said a

nearby Chevron station already has a tobacco license, and the county prohibits issuing another within 500 feet — a radius that includes Blazin Gifts.

Intense backlash

According to Hussein Omar, opposition to his brother’s proposal grew so intense that someone posted Ahmed’s phone number and home address on Facebook.

Hussein Omar said the backlash against his brother motivated him to move forward with opening his shop. He said he bought all of his inventory last week and quickly opened right after paying the storefront’s rent.

A mixed crowd has been passing by his store since he opened, Hussein Omar said. Some neighbors have accosted Hussein Omar for opening up his shop, while others will come in, look around and leave.

Neighbor suspicious

Resident Rick Moen said he passed by the store and believed he saw tobacco products and parapher-

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nalia being sold. Hussein Omar emphasized that he does not intend to sell any products to minors and is considering posting a sign that restricts entry to customers 21 or older.

“Everything I’m doing wrong, I’m trying to get right,” Hussein Omar said.

No more hookahs

During Mueller’s visit, he pointed out hookahs that were for sale and said he couldn’t have them. Hussein Omar said he removed them right after to make him happy.

Mueller said he has asked the county attorney’s office, environmental services department, and the planning department to contact Hussein Omar and clarify which items he isn’t allowed to sell on the property.

“All I want this shop owner to do is comply with the code,” Mueller said.

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fraud, the suit said. Herchen “entered into a scheme to sell and encumber his real property to hinder and delay the (Ku family’s) ability to collect on their inevitable judgment,” attorney Todd Davis said in the lawsuit.

Herchen’s attorney Chuck Smith said yesterday that he hasn’t read the lawsuit yet, so he couldn’t respond to the allegations.

Herchen and Ku were married in October 2017 without telling her family.

Disappeared in Taiwian

Ku, 37 at the time, disappeared after she and Herchen went sightseeing at Taroko National Park.

Herchen allegedly sent an email from Ku’s account to fake that she was alive and made no efforts to find her.

Ku’s family sued Herchen in January 2021. The family prevailed in his motions to dismiss the case, and an emotional two-week trial started on July 10.

A jury of 12 heard from an attorney who looked for Ku, a Taiwanese detective, an email expert, two doctors and Ku’s brother, sister and dad. The case

WEST MENLO PARK residents are riled up about a new smoke shop. Post photo by Adriana Hernandez.

looked at her upbringing and how she grew apart from members of her family in adulthood.

What he said

Herchen testified that Ku likely ran off with their tour guide.

“I fully respected her wishes,” he said.

Davis filed the fraud lawsuit on July 23 after Judge Beth McGowen said she didn’t have the power to freeze Herchen’s assets in the wrongful death case.

Unlisted sale

Without a listing, Herchen sold his Palo Alto house at 260 Wilton Ave. for $2.2 million on Jan. 8, 2024, to a newly formed Redding Investment LLC.

Redding Investment LLC then sold the property for $3.3 million later that year, real estate records show.

“My suspicion is that it was an insider,” Davis said at the hearing with McGowen.

Smith told McGowen that Herchen won’t sell or transfer any more of his properties, and he’ll let Davis know before he takes out a loan. The Texas properties didn’t come up.

‘Despicable’ conduct

Herchen sold one house in College Station for $314,750 in Aug. 15, 2024, and another house for $320,000 on July 1, the suit said.

Herchen’s conduct “was despicable by nature and designed to harm the plaintiffs,” the suit said.

Herchen lost his job at Bloom Energy after the jury found that his conduct was a “substantial factor in causing the death of Alice Ku.”

The jury awarded Ku’s mother $12.3

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2017. Residents said the hotel would block their sunlight, add traffic on El Camino and damage the roots of several tall redwood trees.

The city approved the hotel in June 2020, and the restaurant was demolished.

Voskerician said the apartments will avoid underground construction, offering a higher likelihood of survival for trees.

“Residents and management will have greater ownership and control over the building, resulting in reduced noise and traffic,” he said.

Wants council’s opinion

Voskerician filed the housing application on behalf of property owner Catherine Huang. He is requesting a study session with Palo Alto City Council to discuss re-zoning the property from commercial services to housing.

The city has identified El Camino as a place for new housing, and several applications with hundreds of apartments have been turned in.

After the hearing on Aug. 11, Voskerician can submit a formal application. He would go through the Planning and Transportation Commission, the Architectural Review Board and council for final approval, Planner Emily Kallas said yesterday.

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